Fr Gerard Garrigan

Heart Fiat

Arts & Literature

“Desmond Francis Xavier Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé’s collection, Heart Fiat, is unlike any book I have read. This striking work of confessional poetry of varied forms and subjects reflects the author’s great love of language from the simple to the erudite. His rock-solid Catholic faith and devotion, very much informed by the Ignatian spirituality of his namesake, is clearly evident here. The combination of his intellectual theology with his humble and unaffected piety is so felicitous and so very refreshing in our often jaded world today. Please God, the deep ruminations and reflections in Desmond’s striking collection of poetry will inspire the readers of this powerful work to ponder their own faith as seriously and as fruitfully as the author has his.”